shari'a
"shari-a" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shari'a” is uncommon English (frequency #73,628 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,628
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shari-a · shari'a · English
shari'a · rank #73,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,628
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shareef
Nearest frequency peer: shareef (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “shari'a”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sergius
Sergius
26,378 corpus weight
- shareable
shareable
26,375 corpus weight
- shareef
shareef
26,374 corpus weight
- shari'a
shari'a
26,373 corpus weight
- shipowner
shipowner
26,369 corpus weight
- Shizuoka
Shizuoka
26,368 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “shari'a” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shari'a |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shari'a” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shari'a is uncommon English at frequency #73,628 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.".
Zero misspellings are on record for shari'a in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”). The correct English form is shari'a, spelled S-H-A-R-I-'-A.
Definition
- 1A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shari'a appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The legislation of shari'a here is very strict.
Etymology
From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).